Rip Torn

Rip Torn

Birthday: 1931-02-06

Deathday: 2019-07-09

Place of birth: Temple, Texas, USA

Also known as: Elmore Rual Torn Jr., Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr., Elmor Torn, ریپ تورن

imdb_id: nm0001800

Biography:

Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was best known for his roles as Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997-2002) and Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning in 1996. Torn also won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male in a Series, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the show, and was nominated for a Satellite Award in 1997 as well.

Played in movies:

A Face in the Crowd

Score: 7.6

Fires of Kuwait

Score: 7.5

Silence Like Glass

Score: 7.5

Hercules

Score: 7.5

The Insider

Score: 7.5

The Execution

Score: 7.3

Men in Black

Score: 7.2

King of Kings

Score: 7.1

Baby Doll

Score: 7.1

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Score: 7.1

Norman Mailer: The American

Score: 7.0

Time Limit

Score: 7.0

The Cincinnati Kid

Score: 7.0

Defending Your Life

Score: 6.9

Wonder Boys

Score: 6.9

Sweet Bird of Youth

Score: 6.8

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

Score: 6.8

Where the Rivers Flow North

Score: 6.8

Misunderstood

Score: 6.7

Coma

Score: 6.7

Marie Antoinette

Score: 6.7

Cross Creek

Score: 6.6

By Dawn's Early Light

Score: 6.6

Men in Black 3

Score: 6.5

Heartland

Score: 6.5

Eulogy

Score: 6.5

Pork Chop Hill

Score: 6.5

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Score: 6.5

How to Make an American Quilt

Score: 6.4

Men in Black II

Score: 6.4

Sol Madrid

Score: 6.4

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

Score: 6.4

Down Periscope

Score: 6.3

Coming Apart

Score: 6.3

The Beastmaster

Score: 6.3

Beach Red

Score: 6.3

Flashpoint

Score: 6.2

Beyond the Law

Score: 6.2

Extreme Prejudice

Score: 6.2

The President's Plane Is Missing

Score: 6.2

You're a Big Boy Now

Score: 6.2

Senseless

Score: 6.2

Yours, Mine & Ours

Score: 6.2

Airplane II: The Sequel

Score: 6.1

Hit List

Score: 6.1

Payday

Score: 6.1

Summer Rental

Score: 6.1

Bee Movie

Score: 6.0

The Hindenburg

Score: 6.0

Kojak: None So Blind

Score: 6.0

Lions Love

Score: 6.0

Letter to My Killer

Score: 6.0

Crazy Joe

Score: 6.0

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Score: 5.9

Sweet Bird of Youth

Score: 5.8

Passing Glory

Score: 5.8

1 P.M.

Score: 5.8

Love Object

Score: 5.8

Balloon Farm

Score: 5.8

Rolling Kansas

Score: 5.8

April Morning

Score: 5.8

Canadian Bacon

Score: 5.8

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

Score: 5.7

The Golden Boys

Score: 5.6

Slaughter

Score: 5.6

Manhunt for Claude Dallas

Score: 5.5

Birch Interval

Score: 5.5

Heart of a Child

Score: 5.5

Nasty Habits

Score: 5.5

Critic's Choice

Score: 5.5

Scarab

Score: 5.5

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

Score: 5.5

Dolly Dearest

Score: 5.5

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Score: 5.5

City Heat

Score: 5.5

Trial and Error

Score: 5.4

American Cowslip

Score: 5.4

Nadine

Score: 5.4

One Trick Pony

Score: 5.4

Turn the River

Score: 5.4

The Sisters

Score: 5.3

Zoom

Score: 5.3

Beautiful Dreamers

Score: 5.2

My Son Johnny

Score: 5.2

August

Score: 5.2

Songwriter

Score: 5.2

Welcome to Mooseport

Score: 5.1

The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

Score: 5.1

One Spy Too Many

Score: 5.1

Happy Tears

Score: 5.1

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

Score: 5.0

Pair of Aces

Score: 5.0

The Making of Marie Antoinette

Score: 5.0

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Score: 5.0

RoboCop 3

Score: 4.9

Hero's Island

Score: 4.8

Beyond the Law

Score: 4.8

A Stranger Is Watching

Score: 4.8

Freddy Got Fingered

Score: 4.7

For Better or Worse

Score: 4.6

Tropic of Cancer

Score: 4.6

Jinxed!

Score: 4.6

Laguna Heat

Score: 4.5

Beer

Score: 4.4

Forty Shades of Blue

Score: 4.3

Maidstone

Score: 4.1

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

Score: 4.0

National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

Score: 3.9

Three Days to Vegas

Score: 3.8

Cold Feet

Score: 3.8

Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

Score: 3.7

T Bone N Weasel

Score: 3.0

A Shining Season

Score: 3.0

Death Falls

Score: 3.0

First Family

Score: 3.0

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

Score: 2.0

Betrayal

Score: 0.0

Maniac Magee

Score: 0.0

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

Score: 0.0

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

Score: 0.0

Cotter

Score: 0.0

Lucky Days

Score: 0.0

When She Says No

Score: 0.0

Montserrat

Score: 0.0

The King of Love

Score: 0.0

The Afterlight

Score: 0.0

A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

Score: 0.0

Steel Cowboy

Score: 0.0

Destination: America

Score: 0.0

J. Edgar Hoover

Score: 0.0

Bomber's Moon

Score: 0.0

Johnny Belinda

Score: 0.0

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Lyon's Den

Score: 9.3

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Columbo

Score: 8.1

The Untouchables

Score: 7.9

The Untouchables

Score: 7.9

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

The Larry Sanders Show

Score: 7.7

Combat!

Score: 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Score: 7.6

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

Kraft Television Theatre

Score: 7.5

Kraft Television Theatre

Score: 7.5

30 Rock

Score: 7.4

North and South

Score: 7.4

12 O'Clock High

Score: 7.3

Breaking Point

Score: 7.3

Rawhide

Score: 7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Score: 7.2

Chicago Hope

Score: 7.2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.1

Ghost Story

Score: 7.1

Channing

Score: 7.0

Soul Food

Score: 7.0

The Blue and the Gray

Score: 6.9

Will & Grace

Score: 6.8

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 6.8

The John Larroquette Show

Score: 6.7

Mannix

Score: 6.7

Ghost Stories

Score: 6.6

Thriller

Score: 6.4

Route 66

Score: 6.3

The Lieutenant

Score: 6.0

Omnibus

Score: 6.0

The Atlanta Child Murders

Score: 5.9

Ben Casey

Score: 5.6

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

The Dick Powell Show

Score: 5.5

Naked City

Score: 5.5

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

Blind Ambition

Score: 5.0

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Score: 5.0

Tony Awards

Score: 4.6

The Restless Gun

Score: 3.7

Seasons of Love

Score: 0.0

Extreme Dodgeball

Score: 0.0

The Great Adventure

Score: 0.0